What the Samsung WA50R54**A* costs to run
At 120 kWh/yr, the Samsung WA50R54**A*'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified washing machine.
That $23 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a washing machine
Against the category average of 123 kWh/yr, this model uses 2.4% less, ranking 242 of 398 washing machines tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 398 washing machines ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $1/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Samsung WA50R54**A*: Samsung WA50R52**A* ($23/yr, 120 kWh/yr), then Samsung WA50T53**A* ($23/yr, 120 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 42 of Samsung's 66 certified washing machines, this sits between the WF45T60**A* ($17/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the WA54R76**A* ($31/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical washing machine's service life at 10 years; run the Samsung WA50R54**A* that long and it costs about $226 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified washing machines go, $23/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $23/year just to run, a washing machine is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 242 of 398, the Samsung WA50R54**A* sits in the middle of the washing machine category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 120 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.